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Driver who struck expectant parents is convicted in deaths

NEW YORK (AP) — A speeding driver who crashed into a hired car taking expectant parents to a New York City hospital has been convicted in the deaths of the couple and their baby, who was delivered alive after the wreck but didn't survive.

Julio Acevedo was found guilty Thursday of two counts of second-degree manslaughter and one count of criminally negligent homicide. The New York Timesreports that he could face up to life in prison.Prosecutors estimate Acevedo was going 70 mph — more than twice the legal speed limit — when he smashed into a livery car in March 2013. The crash killed Nachman and Raizy Glauber.Their newborn son died the next day.Acevedo was later arrested in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.